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Table 4 Short-term outcomes and complications in short and standard LOS groups after propensity score matching

From: A propensity score-matched analysis comparing outpatient and short-stay hospitalization to standard inpatient hospitalization following total ankle arthroplasty

 

LOS ≤ 1 day (n = 446)

LOS > 1 day (n = 446)

p

Non-home discharge

1.3%

(6/446)

12.1%

(54/446)

< 0.001*

Mortality

0.7%

(3/446)

0.0%

(0/446)

0.249

Return to OR

0.2%

(1/446)

0.9%

(4/446)

0.374

Readmission

0.4%

(2/446)

1.1%

(5/446)

0.451

Reoperation

0.2%

(1/446)

0.4%

(2/446)

> 0.999

Operative complications

 Overalla

0.4%

(2/446)

1.8%

(8/446)

0.107

 Surgical site infection

0.2%

(1/446)

0.7%

(3/446)

0.624

 Dehiscence

0.0%

(0/446)

0.4%

(2/446)

0.499

 Bleeding requiring transfusion

0.2%

(1/446)

0.9%

(4/446)

0.374

Medical complications

 Overalla

0.2%

(1/446)

2.5%

(11/446)

0.006*

 Wound Infection

0.0%

(0/446)

0.2%

(1/446)

> 0.999

 Pneumonia

0.0%

(0/446)

0.2%

(1/446)

> 0.999

 Reintubation

0.0%

(0/446)

0.2%

(1/446)

> 0.999

 Failure to wean intubation

0.0%

(0/446)

0.0%

(0/446)

–

 Pulmonary embolism

0.2%

(1/446)

0.0%

(0/446)

> 0.999

 Renal insufficiency

0.0%

(0/446)

0.0%

(0/446)

–

 Renal failure

0.0%

(0/446)

0.0%

(0/446)

–

 Urinary tract infection

0.0%

(0/446)

1.6%

(7/446)

0.031*

 Cerebrovascular accident

0.0%

(0/446)

0.0%

(0/446)

–

 Cardiac arrest

0.0%

(0/446)

0.0%

(0/446)

–

 Myocardial infarction

0.0%

(0/446)

0.2%

(1/446)

> 0.999

 Deep venous thromboembolism

0.0%

(0/446)

0.4%

(2/446)

> 0.499

 Systemic sepsis

0.0%

(0/446)

0.0%

(0/446)

–

 Septic shock

0.0%

(0/446)

0.0%

(0/446)

–

  1. * indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05)
  2. aThe overall percentages may not equal the sum of the individual percentages, because some patients had multiple operative or medical complications